How to Use southern lights in a Sentence

southern lights

plural noun

• On Earth, this plays out as the northern and southern lights.
  — NBC News, 8 July 2021
• The same basic process produces the glow of neon signs and the northern and southern lights.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2018
• In the south, it is called the aurora australis, or southern lights.
  — Tariq Malik, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2014
• Most of us will never get to see the northern or southern lights in person.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 19 Feb. 2021
• Décor notes The building pulls in southern light from a two-story front atrium.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• But the more intriguing effect could be how the storm lights up the sky, as in northern lights and southern lights, depending on your hemisphere of choice.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Night-time pulsations on Earth tend to happen at higher latitudes and are linked to the northern and southern lights.
  — Robin George Andrews, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
• This happens at both poles: the northern lights or aurora borealis in the north, and the southern lights or aurora australis in the south.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Its name is Steve The northern and southern lights have dazzled sky watchers for millennia with their eerie, greenish glows.
  — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 16 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile watch this space for updates on how and where to look for resulting northern or southern lights in the sky as our star stays unsettled.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• Researchers quickly connected the slow-downs to the northern and southern lights, or auroras.
  — Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2019
• While the aurora borealis occurs in the north, the southern pole sees the aurora australis, or southern lights.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
• Earth’s northern and southern lights aren’t yet completely understood, but the basics are clear.
  — Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2021
• In the Southern hemisphere, the phenomenon is known as the aurora australis, or southern lights.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2024
• The northern lights occur in the northern hemisphere, while the same phenomenon in the southern hemisphere is called the aurora australis, or the southern lights.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
• Northern lights tend to be called the aurora borealis and southern lights the aurora australis.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• Travelers in the southern hemisphere escapes will have decreased daylight hours, which makes the month a great time to chase aurora australis, also known as the southern lights.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
• One particular mystery is that the northern and southern lights don’t always match up like researchers would expect.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2019
• The southern hemisphere has its own polar lights known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, which create their own dazzling display.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• Astronauts have captured images and a timelapse video showing the Aurora Australis -- the southern lights -- from space.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
• For the first time, astronomers have spotted an aurora, akin to our northern and southern lights, shimmering on a world outside our solar system.
  — Maggie McKee, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2015
• Equally impressive shows of the aurora australis, or southern lights, were spotted in Australia and New Zealand.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• The northern and southern lights, which are usually confined to the Arctic and Antarctica, have generated awe and wonder for centuries.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• Otherwise known as the southern lights, the colorful display is widely considered one of Earth's most beautiful sights.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 18 Mar. 2020
• There’s a meteor shower, planet conjunction, and an above-average chance to see the northern or southern lights, not to mention an extra night for stargazing on leap day come Feb. 29.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
• Now two papers have conclusively revealed where all that heat is coming from: Jupiter and Saturn’s northern and southern lights — their auroras.
  — Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Upcoming missions to the space station Why the northern and southern lights appear to be so active right now The Crew-6 astronauts will also host two other key missions that will stop by the space station during their stay.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• The northern and southern lights, usually confined to the Arctic and Antarctica, have generated awe and wonder for centuries and continue to do so.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
• Northern lights and southern lights are caused when solar particles enter the atmosphere and collide with gas particles.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2021
• The aurora borealis has a counterpart, the aurora australis, or southern lights, which is the same phenomenon in the southern hemisphere.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 May 2024

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024